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Myanmar president seeks peace talks by July 31, 2 rebel groups reject offer

Myanmarโ€™s new military-backed government wants to hold peace talks with โ opposition armed groups by the โ end of July, the countryโ€™s โ junta leader-turned-president said, but two key rebel groups rejected the offer on Tuesday. State media reported that President Min Aung Hlaing, who led a coup five years ago that plunged the Southeast Asian country into a civil war that continues to โ€Œrage, told a government meeting that he wanted rebel groups that were not part of a ceasefire deal to join talks to...